Welcome to the Shop

Here at the Crow we try to bring you the Best Playing and Sounding instruments for your Budget WHATEVER that Budget may be.

If you are not fortunate enough to live within Driving distance you can still Shop at the Crow and if you dont see it.. PLEASE call us. We will work together with all interested buyers to place the instrument that will suit your needs or fill your Dreams in your Hand!
Not only do we carry fine Handbuilt instruments but we carry Great introductory and intermediate lines of instruments as Well!

We are always bringing in Fresh additions to our Consignment shop so dont forget to check back frequently to see whats found its way to us and hopefully to YOU!
Accessories such as Straps, Tuners, Picks, Books, Capos and more.

We carry a Fabulous line of INDIE performer CDs..all of which have performed here LIVE at the Crow.. you can even ORDER these CDs in Advance if you see the Performer on our schedule and we will have them signed before we Mail them out to YOU!
These make great additions to any music collection either for yourself or to be Given as Gifts.

This page will give you highlites of some of our instruments and an updated Consignment list.

If you wish to View our Secure ONLINE storefront where you can also make your purchases please go to: Crow Storefront
HAVE FUN SHOPPING!

OUR STOCK

Handbuilts
Sven Gondstead Guitars
Turkey Creek Mandolins & Guitars
Morgan Guitars
Jack Coobs Guitars
Jerry Nolte Mandolins
Neil Russell Mandolins-MandoCellos-Octave Mandolins-Bouzoukis-Weissenborns
Ralph Sweet Penny Whistles
Abraham Djembes
Gourd Banjos
Jeff Kinsmen Wooden flutes
Jeff DeWitt Gourd Banjos
Papas Cigar Box Ukuleles & Kits



Manufactured Instruments
Guitars
Wechter
Trinity College
Blueridge
Bristol
Valencia
P. Saez
A. Burguet
Gitane
Durango



Banjos
Goldtone
Saga
Rover
Gold Star

Mandolin and Bouzouki Family
Goldtone
Kentucky
Trinity college
Rover

Violin Family
Cremona by saga
Anton Breton
F. Cervini
H.Siegler

Dobros
Regal
Hohner

Ukuleles
Bushman
Mahalo
Hamano

Bodhrans
Walton
Trinity colleg
Saga

Whistles and Flutes
High Spirit-Native American Indian Flutes


Concertinas
Saga

PAPAs Boxes! CIGAR BOX UKES

Papa's Boxes is a little company based in Syracuse, NY, creating easy to assemble stringed instrument kits using a cigar box.

We supply all you need, with the exception of some hand tools, sand paper, and finish. We encourage you to find your own cigar box. The hunt for one can be fun and you never know what type of box will turn up at an antique store or in grandpa's basement. Papa's boxes supplies cigar boxes, too, if needed.

Currently available for purchase is a Soprano Ukulele kit. More stringed instrument cigar box kits are currently under creative contemplation and will be available shortly.
Pick-ups are available for your kit, for that loud plugged-in sound.

We sell not only the KITS but we also sell their UKES already finished and ready to PLAY!

SVEN GONSTEAD GUITARS at the Crow

Pictured Above: Quilted Cherry Lap Steel Guitar

Luthier: Sven Gonstead

Body: Quilted Cherry

Neck: Soft Maple

Binding: Ebony

Fretboard: Ebony

Headcap & Bridge: Ebony

Tuners: Waverly, Ebony Butterbean

Tailpiece on this instrument: Chrome

Hardshell Case

NOW Available at the CROW

$4,500

After graduating from the University of Arizona , Sven Gonstead decided to attend the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery with the intent of building instruments during the summer break. Within four weeks of his education at Roberto-Venn, Sven was taken by the craft of building acoustic instruments. "I knew I had found my true passion in life". The school gave him an understanding of the fundamentals for instrument structure, design and building procedures.Upon graduating from luthiery school Sven was hired by the highly respected Santa Cruz Guitar Company. Their focus was to build instruments of extremely high quality. During his time at Santa Cruz Guitar Company he enjoyed meeting other luthiers and making numerous contacts throughout the music industry.In time, he moved home to the Midwest and started his own guitar studio. Sven now resides in Big Bay, Michigan where he specializes in producing acoustic and resophonic instruments of uncompromising quality.

COOBS GUITARS a Real Gem!

To the Left: Coobs peghead

List: $4,800

The Crow is excited to announce the arrival of a Fine Guitar by Jack Coobs of Indian Trail, North Carolina!

This guitar Plays and sounds like a dream.. very similar to an OM it is a Fantastic instrument that will stand up to any Big name Builders work!
A Luthier and musician, Jack builds beautiful instruments with an artist’s eye, a musician’s ear, and a machinist’s precision. He is a member of the Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans and the Guild of American Luthiers.
Jack Coobs dreamed of becoming an artist and studied painting at art schools in Sarasota, FL and Cleveland OH. He then turned his attention to woodworking.He spent ten years in apprenticeships at two North Carolina reproduction furniture companies, where he learned about the construction and finishing of fine furniture. Constantly striving to improve his skills, he took classes in the machinist's trade to achieve a high level of accuracy and precision. He founded Coobs, Inc. and began to create one-of-a-kind furniture. These are now the prized possessions of many prominent families in the Charlotte, NC area.He is now focusing his talents on the construction of stringed instruments. In Jack's words, "Building musical instruments is the ultimate woodworking challenge. You can build a beautiful instrument, but if it doesn't sound good, you have wasted your time."People familiar with Jack's furniture and his guitars agree that he has definitely achieved his dream of becoming an artist.